The goal of bronchial asthma treatment is to control symptoms, reduce exacerbations, and improve quality of life, not to cure it. There is no evidence yet to mark a cure for bronchial asthma, but with appropriate treatment, most asthmatics achieve the goal of asthma control. Xin Jianbao, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Union Medical College Hospital
The goals of bronchial asthma treatment include: (1) to effectively control and maintain asthma symptoms (asymptomatic or mildest symptoms, including nocturnal symptoms); (2) to prevent and control exacerbation and worsening of asthma; (3) to maintain the patient’s lung function at a normal level as much as possible; (4) to maintain the patient’s ability to perform normal activities (including exercise); (5) to avoid adverse reactions caused by asthma medications; (6) to prevent irreversible airflow limitation; and (7) to avoid asthma death caused by asthma.